Billie

Billie (2020)

She sang the truth, she paid the price

  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2020-09-30
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Altitude Film Entertainment
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: James Erskine
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Summary

‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. The tapes have never been heard. Now they form the basis of an atmospheric, multi-layered documentary that captures the many complex facets of a proud black woman, violent drug addict, loyal friend, vindictive lover and unforgettable singer of ‘God Bless The Child’, ‘Saddest Tale’ and the haunting ‘Strange Fruit’.

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  • Billie Holiday

    as self
  • Tony Bennett

    as self
  • Count Basie

    as self
  • Charles Mingus

    as self
Camera Tim Cragg Director of Photography
Directing James Erskine Director
Production Victoria Gregory Producer
Production Laure Vaysse Producer
Production Barry Clark Ewers Producer
Production James Erskine Producer
Writing James Erskine Writer
Editing Avdhesh Mohla Editor

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